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Sword 2 has added Pet Box (Phobitan) to the cash shop for 3,500 Gold. Two new boxes are available for 250 Gold each. See Quinzel's, Raiden's IX and Phobitan Pet for details. Click on images below for full-size view.

[120] Baron Dominion Family
Prerequisite: Completed Recruit Raven quests.Talk to Wheelton in Viron (I7), who suspected Farrel is after Baroness Dominion's money.Talk to Baroness Dominion in Viron (C7).Talk to Wheelton in Viron (I7).Talk to Baroness Dominion in Viron (C7), who is worried about her half-sister's romance.Talk to Dean in Viron (G8).Talk to Mella in Viron (E8).Talk to Genia the Tools Merchant (not Genia the Alchemist) in Viron (E7). Talk to Bandelier the Taikbin in Viron (G5) to start a combat mission.Defeat Bandelier the Taikbin (L120 Human) and some mobs (L120 Human) within 30 minutes.Talk to Bandelier the Taikbin again.Go to Viron (H2) and trigger the d…

Athena (f/fig) reached Master Lv.8, while Tlazolteotl (Ania) reached Veteran Lv.5. Ishtar (Valeria) was finally promoted to Master Lv.1. The sad thing is that even though we took our time to slowly train her since she was recruited in Week 133, she still reached Master before getting [Innocentio] stance book from Joaquin Underground Prison. Somebody seriously need to file a complaint to Testormento. All Ishtar (Valeria) can do now is retire to the quarters and cry.

[SG] Duration Rumins
Meanwhile, IAHGames has released duration rumins (aka jewels) for body/weapon costumes. See [Cash Shop] Duration Rumins. Each duration rumin costs 1,000 G-Points. (For comparison, Mystery Powder costs 220 G-Points.) I don't get why the article calls these "prototype items" though. Some regional editions (e.g. Japan) already have such duration rumins given as part of those web games (e.g. Imperial Wheel). I suppose they are just trying to test how much players are willing to pay for more virtual items. As the game progresses, it involves more and more "p…

Revelations (v6.7) patch added several extended quests for various
characters. These quests are about Adelina meeting the father of the crew she murdered in her Adelina's Revenge quest and her attempt to bring the orphan to Viron. You must have Adelina (not Adelina the Pirate) in the team to initiate all NPC
dialogs.
You do not need to bring Adelina along for hunting items. You
can
check the drop rates of quest items at Wordwood: Granado Espada Maps.

[100] Atonement of the Past
Requirements: Completed Adelina's Revenge quest.
Reward: 1 Veteran Polish.
Details: Oswalts asks about his son Bardi, who was a crew on Adelina's ship - Dos Palas. Bardi apparently had great respect for Adelina, but the latter previously killed him in her quest for revenge. Adelina feels somewhat remorseful, and Ricardo recommends looking for Bardi's son in Sea Elephant Cafe.Talk to Oswalts in Viron (H11). Talk to Captain Ricardo in Coimbra.[100] Bardi's Son
Reward: 1 Veteran Polish (per…

New Le Pouvoir armors have been added to Cash Shop for 18,000-20,000 G-Points, depending on armor type. (For comparison, 1 Mystery Powder costs 220 G-Points, so each armor costs about 81 or 91 Mystery Powders.) They are basically Le Blanc (DR27) that has been updated to +7 and enchanted with DEF and DEF Rating +3 with 3 opened sockets. They last for 30 days. Supposedly, they are meant for new players to use before they acquire Elite Le Blanc (DR30). See [Cash Shop] Le Pouvoir Armour for details.

Personally, I think they are too expensive for a temporary item. Using Le Blanc (DR27) as a base item is pointless even for new players. L92 Elite Armors (DR28) are really cheap, and can be easily upgraded/enchanted. Even Le Noir (DR29) isn't worth much now. It would be more useful and worthwhile if they use Le Noir (DR29) as a base item, and add 2 or 3 HQ Spodumenes. After all, it vanishes after 30 days. Who is going to put expensive Jewels/Rumins into them?

There wasn't much character advancement in Granado Espada this week, as the family continues to explore other lands. After bribing her with assorted goods for a few weeks, Angelica (Adelina) finally managed to persuade Lisa to reveal the whereabouts of Bardi's son. It appears the poor kid has gone to Los Toldos.

However, we managed to do a few runs of Occulta Bounty Hunt, Torsche's Basement, Joaquin Underground Prison, and Crow Forest. As usual, there were lots of crappy Honor Cards and Portable ASO Boxes. One crappy day yielded 4 Honor B Cards, 2 Portable ASO Boxes, and 2 L100 Weapons from various roulette chests. Paying 2m-4m vis for an extra roulette item only to get Portable ASO Box always makes us feel like we are being scammed. But there was at least 1 good drop this week - Magic Earrings Recipe from Joaquin Underground Prison, so it somewhat made up for all the crap. There are still some missing materials, so we will craft it at …

Inon's Ice
Inon Oannes has been renamed as Inon Felipe, becoming the son of Archduke Felipe. His story is still linked to Marquis Hernan and Catherine Torsche. See also 2011 Summer Update Preview 2.

Beatrice's Lightning
The new lightning specialist is now shown as part of character design event. See 나는 디자이너다 for the event. Her tentative name is Beatrice (left). There are also 2 other new characters - Lionel (middle) and Vincent (right). (No, not the rifle + pistol guy, and not Vincent R…

Revelations (v6.7) patch added several extended side quests for various
characters. It must be a revelation for players to find that Alejandro used to be a young stud with lots of girls after him. This quest is about Alejandro's attempt to rebuild his ship. You must have Alejandro in the team to initiate all NPC
dialogs.
You do not need to bring Alejandro along for collecting items. You
can
check the drop rates of items at Wordwood: Granado Espada Maps.

[100-110] Let's Make the Pequod Talk to Durum in Viron (G10).Collect 1,000 High Quality Wood and 10 Ebony Trees. HQ Wood drops in Ustiur and Viron forest maps, and can be bought from Textile Merchant in Coimbra for 53,000 vis. Ebony Trees are dropped by Eltetah (L108 Life) in Katovic Snowfield and Frozen Wastes.Talk to Durum in Viron for 2 Veteran Polish and 1 Veteran B (1.4m) EXP Card.Collect 50 Dragon Leathers from various dinosaurs in Ustiur zones.Talk to Durum in Viron for 2 Veteran Polish and 1 Veteran B (1.4m) EXP Car…

The family did a few raid missions whenever possible this week. It seems like the more missions we missed, the more we feel like missing them. Griffon mission dropped Elite Le Blanc (fig) Recipe and Symbol of Libra. Joaquin Underground Prison yielded Elite Le Blanc (sco) Recipe, and Eisheth (Crazy Emilia) reached Master Lv.2 inside the mission. Everything else was crap as usual. We even get 2 Honor B Cards + 1 crap item for Joaquin mission 3 times in a row.

We participated in our first party missions and received the following as the roulette rewards: Mad Farm: 2 L84 Elite ArmorsMad Griffon: White Gold Bar, L92 Elite Armor RecipeMad Rafflesia: L96 Elite Armor Recipe, L100 ArmorMad Uraeus: Le Scarce (mus), Symbol of LeoMad Sharffenberger: White Gold Bar, L100 Weapon
Seriously, White Gold Bars? Series of Honor Cards? The prospect of the New World is becoming rather dim. As such, we have reduced our activities in Granado Espada to explore the land of L…

Revelations (v6.7) patch added several extended quests for various characters. These quests are about Karjalain's training with different bears in order to have a rematch with "White Pervert" (Andre) and Andre's suspicious tests to let her take over to lead the fashion industry. You must have Karjalain in the team to initiate all NPC dialogs.
You do not need to bring Karjalain along for hunting quest items. You can
check the drop rates of quest items at Wordwood: Granado Espada Maps.

The following historical timeline was translated from GE 編年史. Some additional details are taken from elsewhere (see related links below).

1483 - The country of Opoluto was in economic recession, due to its trade with Katai being cut off by Targa, which opposed the nations of Orpesia. The noble explorer Ferruccio Espada, and his assistant Gilberto Granado, sought out a new oceanic trade route across the Dark Sea to the West.

1488 - Out of the 12 ships set forth from Opoluto, only the ship of Ferruccio Espada and his assistant Gilberto Granado reached the New World safely. To commemorate their discovery, the New World was named Granado Espada. Gilberto Granado, a commoner by birth, was elevated to the ranks of nobility.

1490
- The second expedition of Ferruccio Espada proved that the New World was uninhabited. Opoluto began massive development of the New World. Porto Bello was built as the first port in the New World. The rich commoners of Opoluto, with the help of the government, b…

Revelations (v6.7) patch added several extended quests for various characters. See [v6.7 Feature] RNPC Quest Extensions and Angie's Continued Quest. These quests are about Angie's attempt to emulate Gertrude as a detective and her attempt to convince Uncle Jack to let her continue traveling. You must have Angie in the team to initiate all NPC dialogs. You do not need to bring Angie along for hunting quest items. You can check the drop rates of quest items at Wordwood: Granado Espada Maps.

[80] Detective Angie 1-2Talk to Gertrude in Auch.Talk to Gertrude again.Collect 100 Pieces of Bone from Skeletons (L78 Undead) in Old Port of Coimbra.Talk to Gertrude in Auch.[100] Detective Angie 3-5Talk to Jack in Reboldeaux Stone Pit to start a combat mission.Defeat Stranger (L100 Human) within 10 minutes.Talk to Jack again.Talk to Gertrude in Auch. He will let the prisoner go.Talk to Gertrude again.[100] Yeganeh's TrainingTalk to Yeganeh in Reboldeaux. Collect 50 Suckers of Cragen and …

We are pleased to report that we have made some progress in investigating Viron. We received a summon by Lorch concerning some news about Viscount Montoro. After taking Ortega's letter from Lorch, we returned to Viron and presented it to Lionel, who apparently belonged to one of the noble families as well. According to Lionel, Fe Lomme Castle was built in 1300s and is now managed by a butler in his 30s named Raven. We ventured to Red Sunset Forest and was ambushed by a red-haired female warrior. She fled when Raven joined the fight. Maybe she is mute, since every time she shows up, all she ever says is "....".

The butler then admitted that Montoro is his master and revealed some interesting titbits about him. Montoro is apparently 50 years old and is the right-hand man of Marquis Hernandez. He is also the owner of Glacial Fortress (aka Ice Wizard's Tower) and the lover of Novia, who herself is also one of the Ten Nobles. Raven was a B…

Hanbiton (Korea) has released a new update preview - 업데이트 미리보기 - 2011년 여름 업데이트. As usual, materials from update previews may be subject to changes before official release.

1. Evil Weapons
Dr. Torsche's study of the device found in Lucifer Castle's gardens have yielded results. Evil Weapons have been added. These weapons have ATK Rating 34, and cannot be traded or refined into weapon crystals. They seem to be some sort of prototypes for Strata Devil Weapons, having the same available enchantments. The quest involved Dr. Torsche, Time Crystal, and Viron Clock Tower. There are 8 missions which can attempted 1/day, giving roulette rewards which may drop the required crystals. They also drop materials required to craft Strata Devil equipment.

Revelations (v6.7) patch introduced alchemy in Viron, which can transmute "useless" items into potentially valuable items like Dragon Heart and Symbol of Naraka. See [v6.7 Feature] Alchemy for a list of possible drops, and Alchemical Materials for a list of ingredients available in v6.7.

The following test was done with three Grade 3 alchemical ingredients, then upgraded by adding more vis. The total rank is thus 10 (3+3+3+1), costing 198,000 vis. This was done 116 times at a total cost of 22,968,000 vis. The results are as follows:

I got 1 Symbol of Naraka out of 116 refinements. The most common drop was 10 Hermes Potions (25/116), followed by 3 HQ Gems (20/116) and 3 Rough Stones (19/116).

Revelations (v6.7) patch added several extended quests for various characters. See [v6.7 Feature] RNPC Quest Extensions. This post details M'Boma's fight against racial prejudice. All NPC dialogs require M'Boma to be in the party to initiate. You do not need to bring M'Boma along for hunting quest items in field maps.

[70] Excited M'Boma
Prerequisites: Completed Recruit M'Boma quests.Talk to M'Boma in Coimbra.Kill the King of Meadows (L84 Undead) in Vegas Javier (J6). He usually stays in J6, but egg shell hunters may drag him away by accident.Talk to M'Boma in Coimbra to receive 5 Shiny Crystals.[78] Jose and M'Boma
Prerequisites: Completed Recruit Jose quests and the quest above.Talk to Jose Cortasar in Coimbra to start a combat mission. Jose challenges M'Boma since he is an Abisinian.Defeat Jose Cortasar (L78 Human) within 5 minutes.Talk to Jose again and choose your reward - Shiny Crystals, EXP Cards, or both. Choosing both will result in 3 Sh…